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Died. Louis Verneuil, 59, French playwright (Affairs of State, Love and Let Love) and author (The Fabulous Life of Sarah Bernhardt); by his own hand; in Paris...
...Louis Verneuil's Broadway success has finally left the big town and started on the road to oblivion. It is easy to see why it was a long-run success but never a smash...
...inconsistency is the production's crucial flaw, and it is writer-director Verneuil's fault. Although the pace never flags, although several of the jokes are funny, and although the basic situation is sound enough, the play cannot overcome this weakness. Reginald Owen, for instance, starts off his characterization of a retired Secretary of State with finest premium ham. Half way through, he becomes a shrewd man. Owen executes both neither has much to do with the other...
...final effect, however, is far from displeasing. And since Verneuil has neither aimed very high nor touched anything important, it would be difficult to reproach him severely. What he has done is follow the well-worn formula. And, by diligent use of standard ingredients, he has produced a success...
Love and Let Love (by Louis Verneuil; produced by Anthony B. Farrell) is a vehicle for Ginger Rogers' first Broadway appearance in 21 years. It is a sort of bicycle built for two-both for being sadly out of date, and for letting Ginger play a glamorous actress and, in one scene, her sister, who has always taken a back seat. The actress has almost-but never quite -married many men, because her heart belongs to her first love (Tom Helmore). Discovering this, her middle-aged fiance (Paul McGrath) turns into a Mr. Fixit. Actress Rogers' costumes...